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Man dies in mishap 
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The deceased had a leather bags shop in the main bazaar.

Youth killed in accident

Dera Bassi: A 22-year-old student of an engineering college in Lalru was killed in a road mishap on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway near here last night. He was returning after meeting his friends here.

The deceased, Dilbagh Singh of Ambala Cantonment, was hoi by an unidentified vehicle around 11pm. His body was noticed around 7pm by the police. The body was handed over to the relatives after conducting a postmortem at the local civil hospital.

27-yr-old woman ends life

Zirakpur: A 27-year-old woman ended her life by hanging herself at her residence in Harmilap Nagar, Baltana, yesterday. The deceased, Bhawna, was a divorcee and had been reportedly under depression. No suicide note was recovered from the spot

Ambala, December 4
Burglars decamped with cash from two liquor vends late last night. Three burglars, reportedly, struck at a liquor vend on the Ambala-Chandigarh highway near Ambala City around midnight. Three employees were sleeping inside the shop at the time. The robbers allegedly thrashed them and took away Rs 15,000.

Later, some burglars also broke into another liquor vend in Durga Nagar and decamped with Rs 12,000.

Chandigarh, December 4
A day after the firing incident at Sector 22/23 lights, the police has arrested four persons while the remaining three are at large.

The arrested youths include Taranjeet Singh Duggal, a local political leader from Barnala, Gurpreet Singh, Satwant Singh and Mandeep Singh.

The court remanded them in police custody for two days. Two revolvers were recovered from their possession.

Old rivalry is stated to be the reason behind the attack. The police said the accused, Duggal and Satwant, had opened fire at the other group. He said an FIR was registered and members of both the groups were made accused in one criminal case.

The youths, who were in a Scorpio SUV, and residents of Barnala, are still absconding. The accused are involved in the murder of Punjab MLA.

Chandigarh, December 4
In five separate cases, the State Bank of India Staff Association in Sector 49, has been penalised for the non-payment of amount due against FDRs issued by it (the association) in the name of the respective complainants.

The association has been directed to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation and refund the money with interest to the complainants.

In the first case, Prem Lata Vig, a resident of Gulmohar Trends, Zirakpur, had deposited a sum of Rs 6,76,500 for the period of 2009-10. The complainant stated that when she approached the opposite party (the association) on the maturity of the FDRs for making payment, the amount was not paid. The forum has directed the association to pay Rs 8,77,721 to the complainant.

In the second case, Payal Taunk a Khuda Lohora had deposited a sum of Rs 4,09,100 in January, 2010. She, however, was denied the maturity amount. The forum has now directed the association to pay a sum of Rs 5,02,739 to her.

In the other three complaints, Meenakshi, a resident of Khuda Lohora, Amit Chopra, a Zirakpur resident, and Amar Taunk, another resident of Khuda Lahora, were denied the maturity value for the FDR by the State Bank of India Staff Association. Meenakshi had deposited a sum of Rs 4,09,100 in January, 2010.

Following the directions of the forum, the association will pay Rs 5,02,739 to the complainant. Amit Chopra, meanwhile, had deposited a sum of Rs1,90,500 with the opposite party for the period from 2008-2009, against which different FDRs were issued. The court has directed the association to pay Rs 2,52,692. Amar Taunk had deposited a sum of Rs 4,09,100 with the opposite party in January, 2010, against which an FDR was issued. He will now receive a sum of Rs 5,02,739.

Chandigarh, December 4
Tennis player Prinkle Singh moved to quarterfinals of the girls’ (U-12 and U-16) event during the ongoing AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament being held at CLTA and Lake Sports Complex here today.

In the boys (U-16) category, top seed Paramveer Bajwa beat Harjasleen Singh by 9-1, while Vikrant Dahiya overcame Vikas Berwal to enter the quarterfinals of the category.

Results:

Boys (U-12) singles pre-quarter: Sacchit Sharma bt Asav Kumar (4-2, 4-2); Abhimanyu Rozra bt Chiraj Singh (4-1, 2-4, 7-3); Amit Beniwal bt Dhruv Sharma (5-3, 4-1); Yuvraj Singh bt Udayveer Singh (4-2, 4-0); Sahishnu Sharma bt Shaurya Piplani (5-3, 4-1); Himanshu Mor bt Tushar Aggarwal (4-0, 5-3); MS Karthik bt Sehaj Punj (4-2, 4-2); Rishabh Sharda bt Naman Sharma (4-0, 4-1).

Girls (U-12) singles pre-quarter: Prinkle Singh bt Shambhavi Tiwari (4-1, 4-1); Taru Ahluwalia bt Annanya Bhargaw (4-0, 4-2); Chetna Kumari bt Khushbeen Kaur (4-1, 4-1); Simran Pritam bt Samita Yadav (4-1, 4-0); Shreya Gulia bt Kashish Bhatiya (4-0, 4-0); Harleen Kaur bt Manya Bajaj (4-1, 4-1); Alisha Menon bt Mangat Rahat (4-0, 4-1); Sarah Dev bt Bhavya Sangri (4-0, 4-0).

Boys (U-16) singles pre-quarter: Paramveer Bajwa bt Harjasleen Singh (9-1); Nihit Rawal bt Sagar Bains (9-3); Vikrant Dahiya bt Vikas Berwal (9-1); Vikas Singh bt Eklavya Singh (9-6); Param Pun bt Krishna Rajput (9-3); Mritunjay Badola bt Mayank Yadav (9-4); Sumitpal Singh bt Rahul Seth 9-8 (3); Shrey Gupta bt Anuj Malik (9-3).

Girls (U-16) singles pre-quarter: Bhawya Wadhawan bt Tanmay Patnaik (9-3); Bani Singh bt Preetnain Grewal (9-1); Prinkle Singh bt Gurneek Bhandal (9-1); Simranjeet Kaur bt Aastha Malhotra (9-3); Nimrat Walia bt Shrishti Dhanda 9-8 (4); Aarushi Kakkar bt Gayatri Kumariah (9-4); Harsimran Kaur bt Shriya Kalia (9-4); Nandini Sharma bt Seerat Pannu (9-1).

Boys (U-12) doubles quarterfinals: MS Karthik and Asav Kumar bt Sehaj Sidhu and Naman Sharma (4-0, 4-0); Siddharth and Divesh bt Chaintanya Chaudhary and Abhimanyu Rozra (4-5 (3), 4-1, 7-3); Chiraj Singh and Yuvraj Singh bt Shreyas Chopra and Pranav Chopra (5-3, 4-1); Himanshu Mor and Amit Beniwal bt Shourya Piplani and Jagtar Arora (4-2, 4-2).

Boys (U-16) doubles Quarterfinals: Shrey Gupta and Vikrant Dahiya bt Rohit Dhiman and Nischay Sharma (4-0, 4-2); Rahul Seth and Eklavya Singh bt Rishabh Sharda and Krishna Rajput (4-1, 4-2); Vikas Singh and Sumit Pal Singh bt Kabir Manrai and Harjasleen (4-1, 4-2); Vikas Berwal and Rohit Kumar bt Param Pun/Paramveer Bajwa (1-4, 5-3, 7-3).

Girls (U-16) doubles quarterfinals: Bhawya Wadhwan and Gayatri Kumariah bt Preetnain and Komaljeet (5-3, 4-1); Bani Singh and Simarjeet Kaur bt Shrishty Dhanda and Mannu Sharma (3-5, 4-0, 7-5); Prinkle Singh and Aarushi Kakkar bt Seerat Sidhu and Seerat Pannu (1-4, 4-0, 7-3); Charvi Saxena and Saumya Saxena bt Neeru and Chetna Kumari (4-2, 5-3).

Chandigarh, December 4
St. Soldier International School, Sector 28, lifted the overall champions trophy of the Chandigarh Inter-School Athletic Meet for Boys held at Sports Complex, Sector 7, here.

The team bagged the trophy with 22 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 18 bronze medals.

On the other hand, girls’ (U-14) relay team of Harmanpreet, Shivani, Gurleen and Shikha bagged first position, while boys’ (U-19) relay team comprising Simranjeet, Anuj, Vishavjeet and Sumit won both 100-m and 400-m relay races.

Mandeep won gold medal in shot put and discus throw events, while Gurinderjeet bagged the top honour in triple jump.

Winners:

Gurpreet - javelin throw; Nikita - long jump; Simranjeet - 100-m relay race; Vishavjeet - 200-m relay race, 400-m relay race and high jump; Vikas - silver medal in 5,000-m relay race

Mohali, December 4
Athletes of Lawrance School won the 7th Mohali Open District Athletics Meet after achieving first three positions and bagging 24 medals here today.

Yuvraj and Gurtej got the first and second positions in 60-m race. Gurtej secured second place in 200-m race, while Piyush finished third in the shot put event. Jaspreet secured the first and second position in 100m and 400-m race, whereas Sundeep finished runners-up in the shot put event.

Amandeep secured the first position in 200m and 400-m race, whereas Bobby bagged the third position in 100-m race. Robin was first in long jump, whereas Husandeep stood first in 100m and 200-m race. In the girls’ event, Harmandeep, Pooja Panday and Muskan secured first, second and third positions in the shot put event, respectively, whereas Baljeet Kaur finished third in 60-m race.